Texas A&M and AgriPro Will Host May 22 Wheat Field Day

Writer: Tim W. McAlavy, (806) 746-6101, email: t-mcalavy@tamu.edu
Contact: Todd Baughman, (940) 552-9941

VERNON – Farmers can update their knowledge of wheat production at a May 22 wheat field day
sponsored by Texas A&M University and AgriPro.

The AgriPro farm near Lockett, Texas, will host this event. The farm is east of Vernon on U.S.
Highway 70. The field day begins with registration at 9 a.m.

Morning sessions will begin at 9:45 a.m. and will focus on: Texas Small Grains Research and Education
Initiatives, Don Robinson, resident director of research at Texas A&M’s Research and Extension Center at
Vernon; the New Texas A&M Wheat Breeding Program, Jackie Rudd, Texas Agricultural Experiment
Station small grains breeder; and Small Grains Insect Management, Emory Boring, Extension entomologist.

A one-hour field tour of the farm is slated at 10:30 a.m.

AgriPro representatives Bill Kuntz and David Graf will provide an overview of the firm’s national and
southern plans wheat breeding programs from 11:30 to noon.

The keynote lunch speaker – Bill Pinchak – will discuss the Rolling Plains Forage Program at Texas
A&M’s Vernon center. Pinchak is a ruminant nutritionist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station,
headquartered at the Vernon center.

There is no charge to attend the wheat field day. Participants will also earn three continuing education
units (CEU’s).

Sponsors of this half-day event include: AgriPro Wheat; Texas Agricultural Experiment Station; Texas
Agricultural Extension Service; BASF; Dupont; Keeter Aerial Spraying; and Syngenta.

For more information on the May 22 Wheat Field Day near Lockett, call the Texas A&M Research and
Extension Center here at (940) 552-9941.